New exo-functional cyclophane hosts. Synthesis and crystal structures of inclusion compounds

摘要

The new cyclophane type host compounds 1-3, containing rigid aromatic units and two exo-topic carboxylic acid functions, have been synthesized. Crystalline solvent inclusions, involving the dicarboxylic acid hosts and their corresponding ester intermediates 6 (a-c), namely 1 center dot DMSO (1:4), 2 center dot pyridine (1:3), 3 center dot pyridine (1:4), 6a center dot pyridine (1:2) and 6a center dot benzene (1:2), have been prepared and studied using X-ray diffraction on single-crystals. Moreover, X-ray structure analyses of the solvent-free crystals of the 6 (a, b) intermediates were also carried out for comparison. Co-crystals of the carboxylic hosts 1-3 contained H-bonded 1:2 host-guest associates as building blocks, together with additional space-filling guests, whereas only loosely bounded space-filling solvent molecules were found in the two solid inclusion compounds of the 6a cyclophane ester host. In addition to the mentioned conventional H-bond interactions between carboxylic hosts and their guests, the crystal structures proved to be held together by relatively weak C-H... 0 bonds besides the ordinary van der Waals' interactions. Packing relations, and the effects of structural variations, guest molecules and anisotropic packing forces on the conformation of the semi-rigid cylcophane ring have been discussed and compared in seven crystal structures.